Defending the Metaverse : Cybersecurity Strategies for the Next Generation Internet

This book is aimed at a diverse audience including students, researchers, academicians, cybersecurity professionals, IT managers, Metaverse developers, business leaders, policymakers, and tech enthusiasts. This book is for everyone―from beginners to experts, researchers, and students. It offers insights and tools suitable for people with different levels of knowledge, making it accessible to a wide range of readers. The book fits alongside other published books by addressing the rapidly evolving intersection of cybersecurity and the Metaverse, a niche yet increasingly critical area.

Unlike traditional cybersecurity books that focus on current internet and IT infrastructures, this book uniquely targets the virtual environments of the Metaverse. It combines advanced technological insights with practical strategies, providing a specialized resource that bridges the gap between conventional cybersecurity literature and the futuristic needs of Metaverse security. This positions it as an essential read for those looking to stay ahead in the field of cybersecurity within the context of next-generation internet platforms.

Dr. Ravi Sheth is an Assistant Professor (IT), Senior Scale, Rashtriya Raksha University, An Institute of National Importance, Government of India, Lavad, Dahegam, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Dr. Sheth is having more than 15 years of teaching experience. His keen area of interest is in multimedia security, machine learning, pattern recognition, VAPT and Cyber Forensics. He has a conflate of combined experience in teaching, research and training. Dr. Sheth had organized several high-quality training and extension programs for the law professional, teachers and students from across the India. He has published more than 50 research articles in international refereed journal in the area of cyber security, cyber forensics and artificial intelligence. He has been a part of various conferences as a member of the technical committee and reviewer. Dr. Sheth had presented many research papers in the International and National Conferences and Seminars. He had been invited as a resource person in many workshops/seminars/training programs. He had also delivered many expert talks on various aspects of Multimedia Security, Social Media Investigation, Cyber Forensics, Pattern Recognition and Darknet Investigation for the law professional, teachers and students from across the India. He has filed a pattern for a “Portable mobile forensic data acquisition tool”. He is providing research guidance to the students of Rashtriya Raksha University in the area of Cyber Security, Cyber Forensics, Machine learning and pattern recognition.

Dr. Mariya Ouaissa is currently a Professor in Cybersecurity and Networks at Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco. She is a Ph.D. graduated in 2019 in Computer Science and Networks, at the Laboratory of Modelisation of Mathematics and Computer Science from ENSAM-Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco. She is a Networks and Telecoms Engineer, graduated in 2013 from National School of Applied Sciences Khouribga, Morocco. She is a Co-Founder and IT Consultant at IT Support and Consulting Center. She was working for School of Technology of Meknes Morocco as a Visiting Professor from 2013 to 2021. She is member of the International Association of Engineers and International Association of Online Engineering, and since 2021, she is an "ACM Professional Member". She is Expert Reviewer with Academic Exchange Information Centre (AEIC) and Brand Ambassador with Bentham Science. She has served and continues to serve on technical program and organizer committees of several conferences and events and has organized many Symposiums/Workshops/Conferences as a General Chair also as a reviewer of numerous international journals. Dr. Ouaissa has made contributions in the fields of information security and privacy, Internet of Things security, and wireless and constrained networks security. Her main research topics are IoT, M2M, D2D, WSN, Cellular Networks, and Vehicular Networks. She has published over 60 papers (book chapters, international journals, and conferences/workshops), 15 edited books, and 10 special issues as guest editor.

Dr. Mariyam Ouaissa is currently an Assistant Professor in Networks and Systems at ENSA, Chouaib Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco. She received her Ph.D. degree in 2019 from National Graduate School of Arts and Crafts, Meknes, Morocco and her Engineering Degree in 2013 from the National School of Applied Sciences, Khouribga, Morocco. She is a communication and networking researcher and practitioner with industry and academic experience. Dr Ouaissa's research is multidisciplinary that focuses on Internet of Things, M2M, WSN, vehicular communications and cellular networks, security networks, congestion overload problem and the resource allocation management and access control. She is serving as a reviewer for international journals and conferences including as IEEE Access, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. Since 2020, she is a member of "International Association of Engineers IAENG" and "International Association of Online Engineering", and since 2021, she is an "ACM Professional Member". She has published more than 30 research papers (this includes book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, and peer-reviewed conference manuscripts), 12 edited books, and 6 special issue as guest editor. She has served on Program Committees and Organizing Committees of several conferences and events and has organized many Symposiums / Workshops / Conferences.

Dr. Michael Onyema Edeh is currently the Head of Department, Mathematics and Computer Science at Coal City University, Nigeria. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Shobhit University, India. He was listed among the Top Scientists in Nigeria by Elsevier (SciVal) 2021-2024. Michael is a Recipient of the prestigious Chancellor's Award for Best Staff of the Year 2020, and Vice Chancellor’s Award for research Excellence 2023 both at Coal City University. He is also the current Chairman of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Enugu State Chapter, Nigeria. Michael has taught Computer Science courses to both postgraduate and undergraduate students in several tertiary education institutions, including Southwestern University; Coal City University; Spiritan University Nneochi; National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN); Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ebonyi State; Gregory University Uturu; Enugu State College of Education Technical affiliated to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Nigeria; Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu; African Thinkers Community of Inquiry College of Education (ATCOI-COE) Enugu; Pogil College of Health Technology Ogun State; and Federal Science and Technical College Ogun State. He is also an Adjunct Faculty, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India. Dr. Michael has published over 100 scholarly papers in reputable journals, and also acted as an editor and Reviewer for many top journals. He has interest in Cybersecurity, Education, Machine Learning and cloud computing.

Dr. Chandresh Parekha, is an Assistant Professor (TC), Senior Scale, Rashtriya Raksha University, An Institute of National Importance, Government of India, Lavad, Dahegam, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. He is an academician for more than 21 years. He completed B.E. (Electronics) in 1994 from BVM Engineering College, Vallabh Vidhyanagar and M.E. in Electronics Communication Systems from DDIT, Nadiad in 2009. He completed Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad in 2020. He started his professional career as an R & D Engineer at Crown Television Limited, Gandhinagar. He also worked as an R & D Engineer at Videocon International Limited, Gandhinagar. He started teaching in the year 2002 in the Electronics and Communication Department. He worked as an Assistant Professor in Electronics and Communication Department of Sankalchand Patel College of Engineering, Visnagar from 24th July, 2002 to 24th October, 2011. He has been working as an Assistant Professor – Telecommunication (Senior Grade) with Rashtriya Raksha University, Lavad since 25 th October 2011. He has been actively involved in academics by publishing more than 50 research papers in reputed journals/conferences, doing various funded research projects, delivering expert talks and organizing technical events. He got Geospatial Excellence Award for the research project “GIS based Crime Mapping of Ahmedabad City” in 2014.